Ingestion and toxicity of polystyrene microplastics in freshwater bivalves

A Weber, N Jeckel, C Weil, S Umbach… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ubiquity of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems has raised concerns over their
interaction with biota. However, microplastics research on freshwater species, especially …

Microplastics in aquatic environments and their toxicological implications for fish

C Espinosa, MÁ Esteban, A Cuesta - Toxicology-New Aspects to …, 2016 - books.google.com
The intensive use of plastics and derivatives during the last century has increased the
contamination of animal habitats. The breakdown of these primary plastics in the …

[HTML][HTML] Biogenic aggregation of small microplastics alters their ingestion by a common freshwater micro-invertebrate

C Drago, J Pawlak, G Weithoff - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, increasing concerns have been raised about the environmental risk of
microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. Small microplastics enter the water either directly or …

Chronic exposure to low concentrations of microplastics causing gut tissue damage but non-significant changes in the microbiota of marine medaka larvae (Oryzias …

S Wen, X Yin, Y Zhang, X Diao - Marine Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have become a popular research topic due to their potential
ramifications on aquatic organisms. To evaluate the ecotoxicological impacts of chronic …

Concurrent water-and foodborne exposure to microplastics leads to differential microplastic ingestion and neurotoxic effects in zebrafish

H Yu, Q Chen, W Qiu, C Ma, Z Gao, W Chu, H Shi - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Organisms constantly ingest microplastics directly from the environment or indirectly via
trophic transfer due to the pervasiveness of microplastic pollution. However, most previous …

Polystyrene microplastics alter the behavior, energy reserve and nutritional composition of marine jacopever (Sebastes schlegelii)

L Yin, B Chen, B Xia, X Shi, K Qu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Uptake and toxicity of microplastics on marine organisms have been reported elsewhere.
However, there is limited knowledge regarding the ecological effects of microplastics on …

Adverse effects of polystyrene microplastics in the freshwater commercial fish, grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): Emphasis on physiological response and …

Y Hao, Y Sun, M Li, X Fang, Z Wang, J Zuo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution in aquatic environment has attracted global attention in recent
years. To evaluate the potential toxic effects of MPs in freshwater cultured fish, grass carps …

Does color play a predominant role in the intake of microplastics fragments by freshwater fish: an experimental approach with Psalidodon eigenmanniorum

JM Ríos, G Tesitore, FT de Mello - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Microplastics (MPs) have been reported in fish species from several freshwater
environments. However, the mechanisms underlying MPs ingestion by fish are still unclear …

No evidence of spherical microplastics (10–300 μm) translocation in adult rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after a two-week dietary exposure

J Kim, DG Poirier, PA Helm, M Bayoumi… - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The consumption of fish contaminated with microplastics is often cited as a pathway for
human exposure. However, because their guts are generally removed before consumption …

Food-web transfer of microplastics between wild caught fish and crustaceans in East China Sea

F Zhang, X Wang, J Xu, L Zhu, G Peng, P Xu… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution, including microplastics (MPs), poses a global threat to environmental and
human health. Studies on the transference of MPs along marine food webs are limited. In the …